subduktiopalojen
Subduktiopalojen, known in English as subduction plates, are tectonic plates that participate in subduction, the process by which a denser plate sinks beneath a less dense plate at convergent boundaries. They are typically oceanic lithosphere, thinner and mafic in composition, though some subduction zones involve continental crust. The sinking is driven by the density contrast between the descending slab and the surrounding mantle, aided by slab pull as older, cooler crust thickens with age.
As the slab subducts, it generates a Wadati–Benioff zone, an inclined region of deep earthquakes that extends
Subduction shapes the surface through the creation of deep ocean trenches, mountain belts at continental margins,
Examples of subduction plates include the Pacific Plate, which subducts beneath multiple plates around the Pacific